With the YFQ-44 now flying, both of the U.S. Air Force’s new Collaborative Combat Aircraft are in flight testing. The YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat ...

Horizon Aircraft hosted Brigadier General Brendan Cook, RCAF Director General Space, Combat and Support, for a briefing on ...

Why this matters The U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) effort is finally in the air with both industry prototypes now flying. Anduril’s jet-powered YFQ-44A logged its maiden flight ...

Key Points and Summary – The Air Force plans to modernize early Block 20 F-22s—once training jets—adding open mission systems, improved stealth coatings, EW upgrades, and AIM-9X/AIM-120D/AIM-260 ...

The US Air Force requires a 22% expansion of its fighter fleet to 1,558 aircraft by 2035, up from 1,271 currently, according ...

The Air Force warns that having a smaller fleet may increase the risk it won't be able to carry out all its missions.

Enabling the CCA’s autonomy are advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms, which will be tasked with processing endless streams of data. The data will be compiled from onboard ...

Debrief: U.S. Air Force Is Adjusting Its Fighter Generation Thinking is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with ...

China's military has revealed a new, tailless combat aircraft, identified as the J-36 sixth-generation fighter jet. This ...

A YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft test aircraft is staged in Poway, Calif., May 19, 2025. The Department of the Air Force has begun ground testing for the CCA program to validate performance and ...

An ambitious Air Force plan to acquire hundreds more advanced fighter jets for homeland defense over the next decade would ...

After massive developments in PLA aviation over the past year, it’s time for many observers to update their priors.